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Opening Liturgy for 2022 at CCS

CATHOLIC College Sale celebrated the beginning of the 2022 school year with an Opening Liturgy on February 9, attended via zoom by staff and students from Years 7 to 12. The Liturgy was led by Father Jithin, St. Mary’s Cathedral Parish who blessed all 2022 college badges. “It was wonderful to have Father Jithin with us to celebrate our opening school liturgy,” principal Chris Randell said. “The ringing in of our Year 7 students with the Sion Bell is now a part of our traditional welcome. It was also fantastic to have members of our 90 plus ATAR club from 2021 with us for the celebration. “Our school liturgy commenced with school captains, Sebastian Prendergast and Gabrielle Stephenson, signing our 1885 school bible that was gifted to us by the Sisters of Our Lady of Sion. “The constant theme for the college continues to be ‘Every Student, Every Day’, ensuring that our priorities are always focused on the student, their needs and full development in their spiritual, academic and social skills. “This year we dig deeper into that theme and draw on the core of our faith and the Marist Ministry with the theme and actions of ‘Known and Loved, Dignity for all,’ “In 2022 we celebrate the first arrival of the Marist Brothers and the education they have made available to young people.150 years ago they arrived in Australia establishing a school at “the rocks” in Sydney. “This year we also celebrate the arrival of the Marist Brothers in sale 100 years ago where they established a school for boys in the newly built St Patricks building who then joined with the Sisters of Our Lady of Sion.” Staff and students were presented with badges in honour of these two milestones. As well, the 2022 College leaders were also recognised and presented with their badges during the celebration. This was followed by a presentation to our 90 plus students. The four students who achieved an ATAR of 90 or above, including the 2021 Dux of Catholic College Sale, Madison Connors, were presented with certificates and recognised by the College community. “Our community acknowledges we are only as strong as the support we offer each other every day,” assistant principal, learning and teaching, Cindy Foat said. “The focus of our theme ‘Known and Loved’ reminds us of the how the small acts of kindness can make a big difference to individuals. “Presenting our 2021 90s Club to our whole school community allows us to celebrate the hard work and sacrifices necessary to achieve a result in the top 10 per cent of Victorian students.”

House Leaders 2022 Left to right - Theodore: Harry Gravener and Tess Hanford, Raphaela: Jack Myers and Rebecca Bourke, Champagnat: Mason Annear and Maya Bown, Daly: Ryan Beale and Jess Sedman, Paulinus: Charlie Anderson and Kiana Wedlock, Allman: Lane McBean and Ruby Dillon. Catholic College Sale principal Chris Randell with 2022 school captains Gabriella Stephenson and Sebastian

Prendergast. Photos: Contributed 2021 Dux - Madison Connors with her certificate.

Principal Chris Randell and Father Jithin with 2021 90s Club – Charlotte Perkins, Marni McCubbin, Avril Hadden.

The art of Annemieke Mein on display at gallery

Annemieke Mein (born The Netherlands 1944; Australia from 1951) Left: The Clothes Moth, 2020. High relief textile wall work made from a conglomeration of fibres and recycled pieces, 180 x 107 x 10cm

Right:

Christmas Beetles, 1981. High-relief wall sculpture with relief sections extending beyond the frame, 180 x 125 x 8cm Private collection. © The artist.

Photos: Phillip Mein

THE Gippsland Art Gallery opened the seventh exhibition of a series of works by Annemieke Mein in the new dedicated space within Gallery 1 on Saturday. To the applause of visitors, Annemieke has unveiled three ultramodern textile works of magnificent proportions—only part of her presentation of twenty items from various collections that will be on display until August 2022. To hail this new and exhilarating direction from our worldrenowned wildlife artist, Annemieke has spent the past two years taking her mastery of fabrics and yarn to a breathtaking and innovative level. Embracing her command of the natural world, each work uses clever placement of fabric layers and imaginative textual effects by incorporating the re-use of thousands of clothing labels— meticulously collected, restored and arrayed with her competent eye for colour—to create a fantastic visual and textural effect. Her work titled The Bristletail defies expectations and as you observe this primitive wingless insect brought to life as a mammoth, suspended and embellished creature the work leaves you gasping for breath. It seems there is no limit to Annemieke’s creative exploits. Within the new space of Gallery 1, we are also offered a unique glimpse of an early textile work Christmas Beetles temporarily on loan from a private collection and not seen in a gallery for many, many years. And of course one of the Gippsland Art Gallery’s own outstanding permanent collection items, the White-Faced Heron in all its glory. A quick peek into Annemieke’s life sees the inclusion of her Great Grandmother’s sewing box from the 1800s and the first sewing machine Annemieke was gifted as a young child. To observe with privilege the steps taken in design and development of various works, along with a hint of the artist that she would become, makes for another brilliant exhibition of The Art of Annemieke Mein.

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